New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
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The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
In spite of the military genius of Hannibal, Carthage was destroyed as the result of three wars...
With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally...
According to Livy, the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as “fathers”...
After freeing the Zealots from the Temple, the Edomites and Zealots massacred the common people. Introduction The...
The Migration Period is typically regarded as beginning with the invasion of Europe by the Huns from...
The empire of course had many great strengths, but one of the most important keys to its...
Although a saint, a bishop, and an important figure in a turbulent age, Sidonius is remembered particularly...
Examining the associations known as ‘collegia’ mentioned in the letters (10.33-34) from the Roman pro-consul Pliny to...
Commodus was the first of what would be a century of inept emperors. Introduction Commodus was Roman...
The prison was constructed around 640–616 BCE, by Ancus Marcius. Introduction The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum,...
The name Byzantine Empire is a modern term and would have been alien to its contemporaries, who...
The Romans knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment where they were most...
Due to its agricultural nature, her cult had tremendous appeal to the average Roman citizen, more so...
Something very important to note about Augustus and his political, societal and religious views is the significant...
By the British Museum / 02.28.2017 Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century C.E.,...
Roman religion and tolerance for others drastically began to change following the Edict of Milan. Introduction Constantinian...
“Did the public have a voice in the development of a theocratic city?” As University of Tennessee...
There are lessons from ancient history that could prove instructive. A caravan of Goths – the Thervingi...
A considerable number of Roman roads remained in daily use as core trunk roads for centuries after...
When government runs amok, people have a right to rebel—Cicero honored daring individuals who helped overthrow tyrants....
The siege of Masada, chronicled by Flavius Josephus, was one of the final events in the First...
This tactic could set a political foe aside from the whole community and turn the audience against...
A philosopher, writer, orator and statesman, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was Rome’s leading intellectual during...
The dead wait to be ferried across the River Styx. The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hiremy...
Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome / Photo by Loudon dodd, Wikimedia Commons Sage advice from the ancients...
Detail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons On January 1, we...
A view on the Roman cavalry forces, especially the equites legionis. By Dr. Stefan Zehetner Institut für...